Adjustable sign bracket



C. C. HARDESTY.

ADJUSTABLE SIGN BRACKET. APPLICATION. FILED IAII.26, I'92I.

1,405,842. Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CHESTER C. HARDESTY, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ADJUSTABLE SIGN BRACKET.

Application filed January 26, 1921.

To all whom it may concer/n.'

Be it known that I, CHESTER C. I-IARDEsTY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Sign Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in illuminating signs, and has for its object to provide improved means for supporting a sign in such relation to an electric bulb or lamp that the light from the lamp will shine through and illuminate the sign, the improvement being especially directed to the means for clamping the sign support on the lamp socket and for adjustably supporting the sign with respect thereto. A modification provides means for mounting the device on the floor of a show window or the like.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a top plan of the device and Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates a lamp bulb mounted in a socket 7 which may be supported by a wall bracket 8 or the like, the socket having the usual switch and connections.

The sign plate 9 preferably consists of a glass or transparent plate on which the sign is displayed. This plate is carried by clips 10 projecting from a ring 11 located at or behind the edge of the plate, and this ring 11 is mounted at the outer end of two arms. Each arm consists of two sections 12 and 13 of spring metal, the adjacent ends of which are lapped, the end of one section being slotted as indicated at 14 to receive a thumb Vscrew 15 which extends through the slot and or can be adjusted to a position at various angles thereto, to present the sign either lengthwise or sidewise with respect to the lamp, the adjustment being indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The inner ends of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

Serial No. 439,990.

sections 13 are fastened to a sheet metal ring 16 which is supported by a number of arms 17 which are fastened to a spring clamp ring 18.

This ring consists of a wire band of proper size and shape to lit over the socket 7, and is provided with a coiled spring 19 between the ends of the band, which coil tends to contract the band and clamp it firmly around the socket. The coil is of sufficient strength for this purpose, but it may be elongated by special effort to enable the band to be slipped over the socket of the lamp.

By the means described the sign holder may be readily and quickly applied to a bracket lamp for the purpose of exhibiting the sign in front of the lamp.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 2 the sign holder is similarly constructed, but is provided with a stand,which will permit the device to be placed uponA a floor or the like, where it can be moved around to any position desired. The stand consists of va number of legs 20 depending from a top piece 21 which has an opening 22 to receive a screw 23 which is tapped into a holder 24: formed in the ring 16, whereby the stand is clamped to the sign holder and will serve to support the holder and also the lamp in position on the floor. The screw 23 may be set in far enough to bear against the socket 7 and thereby assist in clamping the band 16 to the socket. This device will be found very convenient for setting small signs in any position desired on the floor of a show window or the like.

I claim:

A combined sign and lamp support comprising a stand, a band fixed thereto and provided with means to clamp and support a lamp socket therein with the lamp projecting laterally, and a pair of arms projecting laterally from the band and adapted to support a sign in front of and in line with the lamp.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER C. HARDESTY.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. BOMMHARDT, BEssIE F. PoLLAK. 

